Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7555
Book Description
e-artnow presents to you a collection of the greatest mystery cases and puzzles for you to solve and relax with: R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke's Cases The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes A. E. W. Mason: At the Villa Rose The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry Tish – The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions More Tish Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Purloined Letter Charles Dickens: Hunted Down Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel Robert Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag E. W. Hornung: The Amateur Cracksman The Black Mask; or, Raffles: Further Adventures A Thief in the Night Mr. Justice Raffles John Kendrick Bangs: Mrs. Raffles R. Holmes & Co Melville Davisson Post: The Sleuth of St. James's Square Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Clue of the Twisted Candle Victor L. Whitechurch: The Canon in Residence Anna Katharine Green: The Leavenworth Case A Strange Disappearance The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow That Affair Next Door Lost Man's Lane The Circular Study G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Donnington Affair Ellis Parker Butler: Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective Maurice Leblanc: Arsene Lupin The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Secret Adversary
The Mysteries for Holiday Feels
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7555
Book Description
e-artnow presents to you a collection of the greatest mystery cases and puzzles for you to solve and relax with: R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke's Cases The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes A. E. W. Mason: At the Villa Rose The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry Tish – The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions More Tish Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Purloined Letter Charles Dickens: Hunted Down Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel Robert Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag E. W. Hornung: The Amateur Cracksman The Black Mask; or, Raffles: Further Adventures A Thief in the Night Mr. Justice Raffles John Kendrick Bangs: Mrs. Raffles R. Holmes & Co Melville Davisson Post: The Sleuth of St. James's Square Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Clue of the Twisted Candle Victor L. Whitechurch: The Canon in Residence Anna Katharine Green: The Leavenworth Case A Strange Disappearance The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow That Affair Next Door Lost Man's Lane The Circular Study G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Donnington Affair Ellis Parker Butler: Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective Maurice Leblanc: Arsene Lupin The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Secret Adversary
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7555
Book Description
e-artnow presents to you a collection of the greatest mystery cases and puzzles for you to solve and relax with: R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke's Cases The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes A. E. W. Mason: At the Villa Rose The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry Tish – The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions More Tish Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Purloined Letter Charles Dickens: Hunted Down Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel Robert Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag E. W. Hornung: The Amateur Cracksman The Black Mask; or, Raffles: Further Adventures A Thief in the Night Mr. Justice Raffles John Kendrick Bangs: Mrs. Raffles R. Holmes & Co Melville Davisson Post: The Sleuth of St. James's Square Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Clue of the Twisted Candle Victor L. Whitechurch: The Canon in Residence Anna Katharine Green: The Leavenworth Case A Strange Disappearance The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow That Affair Next Door Lost Man's Lane The Circular Study G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Donnington Affair Ellis Parker Butler: Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective Maurice Leblanc: Arsene Lupin The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Secret Adversary
One Christmas Mystery
Author: M. Christina Butler
Publisher: Tiger Tales
ISBN: 1680102591
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
It's almost time for the Little Hedgehog's Christmas party--but someone has taken ALL of the berries and pine cones in the woods that the friends were planning to use for decorations! Can Little Hedgehog and his friends figure out who it is? It's almost time for Little Hedgehog's Christmas party, and Little Hedgehog waits patiently for his friends to come over with the decorations. But when they get to his house, they're very upset! Someone has taken ALL of the holly berries and ALL of the pine cones in the woods, and now, there is nothing to decorate Little Hedgehog's house with. So the friends set out to see if they can figure out what's going on. Along the way, they find some very BIG footprints. Who could they belong to? Little Hedgehog and the other woodland animals are the best of friends! Their exciting adventures take them to different places in the forest and center around friendship, teamwork, determination, and gratitude. Each of the books in the Little Hedgehog & Friends series promotes being helpful, building a sense of community among friends and neighbors, and learning how to be a leader with a can-do attitude while working together to solve problems.
Publisher: Tiger Tales
ISBN: 1680102591
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
It's almost time for the Little Hedgehog's Christmas party--but someone has taken ALL of the berries and pine cones in the woods that the friends were planning to use for decorations! Can Little Hedgehog and his friends figure out who it is? It's almost time for Little Hedgehog's Christmas party, and Little Hedgehog waits patiently for his friends to come over with the decorations. But when they get to his house, they're very upset! Someone has taken ALL of the holly berries and ALL of the pine cones in the woods, and now, there is nothing to decorate Little Hedgehog's house with. So the friends set out to see if they can figure out what's going on. Along the way, they find some very BIG footprints. Who could they belong to? Little Hedgehog and the other woodland animals are the best of friends! Their exciting adventures take them to different places in the forest and center around friendship, teamwork, determination, and gratitude. Each of the books in the Little Hedgehog & Friends series promotes being helpful, building a sense of community among friends and neighbors, and learning how to be a leader with a can-do attitude while working together to solve problems.
Twelve Slays of Christmas
Author: Jacqueline Frost
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
ISBN: 1683313186
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
When Holly White’s fiancé cancels their Christmas Eve wedding with less than two weeks to go, Holly heads home with a broken heart. Lucky for her, home in historic Mistletoe, Maine is magical during Christmastime—exactly what the doctor prescribed. Except her plan to drown her troubles in peppermints and snickerdoodles is upended when local grouch and president of the Mistletoe Historical Society Margaret Fenwick is bludgeoned and left in the sleigh display at Reindeer Games, Holly’s family tree farm. When the murder weapon is revealed as one of the wooden stakes used to identify trees on the farm, Sheriff Evan Grey turns to Holly’s father, Bud, and the Reindeer Games staff. And it doesn’t help that Bud and the reindeer keeper were each seen arguing with Margaret just before her death. But Holly knows her father, and is determined to exonerate him.The jingle bells are ringing, the clock is ticking, and if Holly doesn't watch out, she'll end up on Santa's naughty list in Twelve Slays of Christmas, Jacqueline Frost’s jolly series debut.
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
ISBN: 1683313186
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
When Holly White’s fiancé cancels their Christmas Eve wedding with less than two weeks to go, Holly heads home with a broken heart. Lucky for her, home in historic Mistletoe, Maine is magical during Christmastime—exactly what the doctor prescribed. Except her plan to drown her troubles in peppermints and snickerdoodles is upended when local grouch and president of the Mistletoe Historical Society Margaret Fenwick is bludgeoned and left in the sleigh display at Reindeer Games, Holly’s family tree farm. When the murder weapon is revealed as one of the wooden stakes used to identify trees on the farm, Sheriff Evan Grey turns to Holly’s father, Bud, and the Reindeer Games staff. And it doesn’t help that Bud and the reindeer keeper were each seen arguing with Margaret just before her death. But Holly knows her father, and is determined to exonerate him.The jingle bells are ringing, the clock is ticking, and if Holly doesn't watch out, she'll end up on Santa's naughty list in Twelve Slays of Christmas, Jacqueline Frost’s jolly series debut.
Jack and Kitty's Christmas Feel-Good Stories
Author: Kitty Norton
Publisher: Jack and Kitty Media Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Step into a heartwarming world this holiday season with Jack and Kitty's Christmas Feel-Good Stories: Holidays in the Heartland. Perfect for anyone who cherishes soulful narratives, this collection brings you closer to the heart and soul of America's Heartland during the most magical time of the year. Experience the simple joys of childhood anew: a child's earnest prayer to baby Jesus, the anticipation of baking gingerbread cookies for Santa, and the endearing presence of a new family pet. These stories are your perfect companions for cozy nights by the fireplace, filling your heart with the joy and wonder of Christmas. But there's more. Discover the power of kindness in tales of unexpected generosity from strangers. Find hope and second chances in love that defy the odds. Journey to Bismarck, North Dakota, where a family's search for a lost pet blossoms into a heartwarming friendship. In Nebraska, witness a tearful, yet beautiful reunion between an estranged father and daughter at a soup kitchen. Travel back in time in Pella, Iowa, as a charming wooden horse toy tells a story of enchantment across generations. Each story in this collection is a testament to the enduring spirit of Christmas. From little Amelia's touching gift of her allowance to stories of bravery and holiday cheer, your soul will be uplifted with every turn of the page. Jack and Kitty's Christmas Feel-Good Stories: Holidays in the Heartland isn't just a book; it's an invitation to embrace the warmth, love, and miracles that define the holiday season. Perfect for gifting or as a treasured addition to your own holiday collection, these stories are sure to become a cherished part of your Christmas tradition. Get your copy today and let the magic of Christmas in the Heartland fill your home and heart.
Publisher: Jack and Kitty Media Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Step into a heartwarming world this holiday season with Jack and Kitty's Christmas Feel-Good Stories: Holidays in the Heartland. Perfect for anyone who cherishes soulful narratives, this collection brings you closer to the heart and soul of America's Heartland during the most magical time of the year. Experience the simple joys of childhood anew: a child's earnest prayer to baby Jesus, the anticipation of baking gingerbread cookies for Santa, and the endearing presence of a new family pet. These stories are your perfect companions for cozy nights by the fireplace, filling your heart with the joy and wonder of Christmas. But there's more. Discover the power of kindness in tales of unexpected generosity from strangers. Find hope and second chances in love that defy the odds. Journey to Bismarck, North Dakota, where a family's search for a lost pet blossoms into a heartwarming friendship. In Nebraska, witness a tearful, yet beautiful reunion between an estranged father and daughter at a soup kitchen. Travel back in time in Pella, Iowa, as a charming wooden horse toy tells a story of enchantment across generations. Each story in this collection is a testament to the enduring spirit of Christmas. From little Amelia's touching gift of her allowance to stories of bravery and holiday cheer, your soul will be uplifted with every turn of the page. Jack and Kitty's Christmas Feel-Good Stories: Holidays in the Heartland isn't just a book; it's an invitation to embrace the warmth, love, and miracles that define the holiday season. Perfect for gifting or as a treasured addition to your own holiday collection, these stories are sure to become a cherished part of your Christmas tradition. Get your copy today and let the magic of Christmas in the Heartland fill your home and heart.
A Snowflake at Midnight: A Historical Fantasy Romance
Author: Anne Renwick
Publisher: Anne Renwick
ISBN: 1948359227
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Enjoy this story by historical fantasy romance author Anne Renwick where you'll unravel mysteries and defy conventions in a world where danger lurks around every corner. You’ll find forbidden romance, evil villains and mad science in these gaslamp and steampunk romances... A rare manuscript. A midnight promise. A man who would steal them both away. Pressured by looming deadlines and an annoying patron, Evie Brown, academic librarian, struggles to find joy this Christmas holiday. Worse, her sick father is ready to abandon treatments and surrender to fate - a decision she refuses to accept. Delving into a medieval manuscript, she searches for answers in the distant past. For the woman who has stolen his heart, only a perfect proposal will do. Ash Lockwood, botanist, has transformed the rooftop greenhouse into a tropical fairyland. But when Evie begs him to help her harvest mistletoe at midnight, they venture down a different garden path - unaware that danger circles close. When their plans implode and a murderer threatens their lives, only invention and teamwork will save them. STEP INTO THE ELEMENTAL WEB! A Snowflake at Midnight is the fourth story in the Elemental Web Tales, although all books in the Elemental Web (Chronicles, Tales & Stories) can be read as standalones. For fans of steampunk and gaslamp fantasy romance like SL Prater, AJ Lancaster and Jacquelyn Benson, this is a STEAMY romance with a guaranteed happily ever after for women in STEM and the men who are their match.
Publisher: Anne Renwick
ISBN: 1948359227
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Enjoy this story by historical fantasy romance author Anne Renwick where you'll unravel mysteries and defy conventions in a world where danger lurks around every corner. You’ll find forbidden romance, evil villains and mad science in these gaslamp and steampunk romances... A rare manuscript. A midnight promise. A man who would steal them both away. Pressured by looming deadlines and an annoying patron, Evie Brown, academic librarian, struggles to find joy this Christmas holiday. Worse, her sick father is ready to abandon treatments and surrender to fate - a decision she refuses to accept. Delving into a medieval manuscript, she searches for answers in the distant past. For the woman who has stolen his heart, only a perfect proposal will do. Ash Lockwood, botanist, has transformed the rooftop greenhouse into a tropical fairyland. But when Evie begs him to help her harvest mistletoe at midnight, they venture down a different garden path - unaware that danger circles close. When their plans implode and a murderer threatens their lives, only invention and teamwork will save them. STEP INTO THE ELEMENTAL WEB! A Snowflake at Midnight is the fourth story in the Elemental Web Tales, although all books in the Elemental Web (Chronicles, Tales & Stories) can be read as standalones. For fans of steampunk and gaslamp fantasy romance like SL Prater, AJ Lancaster and Jacquelyn Benson, this is a STEAMY romance with a guaranteed happily ever after for women in STEM and the men who are their match.
A Bad Woman Feeling Good: Blues and the Women Who Sing Them
Author: Buzzy Jackson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393346323
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The women who broke the rules, creating their own legacy of how to live and sing the blues. An exciting lineage of women singers—originating with Ma Rainey and her protégée Bessie Smith—shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with their successors Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Janis Joplin, they injected a dose of reality into the often trivial world of popular song, bringing their message of higher expectations and broader horizons to their audiences. These women passed their image, their rhythms, and their toughness on to the next generation of blues women, which has its contemporary incarnation in singers like Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams (with whom the author has done an in-depth interview). Buzzy Jackson combines biography, an appreciation of music, and a sweeping view of American history to illuminate the pivotal role of blues women in a powerful musical tradition. Musician Thomas Dorsey said, "The blues is a good woman feeling bad." But these women show by their style that he had it backward: The blues is a bad woman feeling good.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393346323
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The women who broke the rules, creating their own legacy of how to live and sing the blues. An exciting lineage of women singers—originating with Ma Rainey and her protégée Bessie Smith—shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with their successors Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Janis Joplin, they injected a dose of reality into the often trivial world of popular song, bringing their message of higher expectations and broader horizons to their audiences. These women passed their image, their rhythms, and their toughness on to the next generation of blues women, which has its contemporary incarnation in singers like Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams (with whom the author has done an in-depth interview). Buzzy Jackson combines biography, an appreciation of music, and a sweeping view of American history to illuminate the pivotal role of blues women in a powerful musical tradition. Musician Thomas Dorsey said, "The blues is a good woman feeling bad." But these women show by their style that he had it backward: The blues is a bad woman feeling good.
That Holiday Feeling
Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1426840497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Silver Bells by Debbie Macomber In this classic story, Debbie brings those Manning men and Manning sisters home for a mistletoe marriage when a single dad finally says "I do." The Perfect Holiday by Sherryl Woods Will bachelor Trace Franklin become a groom-to-be by Christmastime? He sure will…if Savannah Holiday's aunt Mae has anything to do with it. Under the Christmas Tree by Robyn Carr When the folks of Virgin River discover a box of adorable puppies under the town's Christmas tree they call on local vet Nathaniel Jensen for help. But it's his budding romance with Annie McCarty that really has tongues—and tails—wagging!
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1426840497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Silver Bells by Debbie Macomber In this classic story, Debbie brings those Manning men and Manning sisters home for a mistletoe marriage when a single dad finally says "I do." The Perfect Holiday by Sherryl Woods Will bachelor Trace Franklin become a groom-to-be by Christmastime? He sure will…if Savannah Holiday's aunt Mae has anything to do with it. Under the Christmas Tree by Robyn Carr When the folks of Virgin River discover a box of adorable puppies under the town's Christmas tree they call on local vet Nathaniel Jensen for help. But it's his budding romance with Annie McCarty that really has tongues—and tails—wagging!
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0345802985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The Edgar Award-winning editor collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories—from Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hardy, to Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain. • “Anyone who cares about the best mystery writing of the past century and beyond would be lucky to receive this thick volume during the holidays." —The Washington Post This collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant. Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, stories by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and many, many more. Almost any kind of mystery you’re in the mood for--suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, private eye, or police procedural—can be found in these pages. FEATURING: - Unscrupulous Santas - Crimes of Christmases Past and Present - Festive felonies - Deadly puddings - Misdemeanors under the mistletoe - Christmas cases for classic characters including Sherlock Holmes, Brother Cadfael, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Inspector Ghote, A.J. Raffles, and Nero Wolfe.
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 0345802985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The Edgar Award-winning editor collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories—from Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hardy, to Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain. • “Anyone who cares about the best mystery writing of the past century and beyond would be lucky to receive this thick volume during the holidays." —The Washington Post This collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant. Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, stories by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and many, many more. Almost any kind of mystery you’re in the mood for--suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, private eye, or police procedural—can be found in these pages. FEATURING: - Unscrupulous Santas - Crimes of Christmases Past and Present - Festive felonies - Deadly puddings - Misdemeanors under the mistletoe - Christmas cases for classic characters including Sherlock Holmes, Brother Cadfael, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Inspector Ghote, A.J. Raffles, and Nero Wolfe.
Fields Where They Lay
Author: Timothy Hallinan
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1616957476
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"Burglar Junior Bender may just be our favorite literary P.I."—Entertainment Weekly It’s three days until Christmas and Junior Bender, Hollywood’s fasttalking fixer for the felonious, is up to his ears in shopping mall Santas, Russian mobsters, desperate holiday shoppers, and (’tis the season) murder. The halls are decked, the deck is stacked, and here comes that jolly old elf. Junior Bender, divorced father of one and burglar extraordinaire, finds himself stuck inside the Edgerton Mall, and not just as a last-minute shopper (though he is that too). Edgerton isn’t exactly the epicenter of holiday cheer, despite its two Santas, canned Christmas music, chintzy bows, and festive lights. The mall is a fossil of an industry in decline; many of its stores are closed, and to make matters worse, there is a rampant shoplifting problem. The murderous Russian mobster who owns the place has decided it takes a thief to catch a thief and hires Junior—under threat—to solve the shoplifting problem for him. But Junior’s surveillance operation doesn’t go well: as Christmas Eve approaches, two people are dead and it’s obvious that shoplifting is the least of the mall’s problems. To prevent further deaths, possibly including his own, Junior must confront his dread of Christmas—both present and past.
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1616957476
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"Burglar Junior Bender may just be our favorite literary P.I."—Entertainment Weekly It’s three days until Christmas and Junior Bender, Hollywood’s fasttalking fixer for the felonious, is up to his ears in shopping mall Santas, Russian mobsters, desperate holiday shoppers, and (’tis the season) murder. The halls are decked, the deck is stacked, and here comes that jolly old elf. Junior Bender, divorced father of one and burglar extraordinaire, finds himself stuck inside the Edgerton Mall, and not just as a last-minute shopper (though he is that too). Edgerton isn’t exactly the epicenter of holiday cheer, despite its two Santas, canned Christmas music, chintzy bows, and festive lights. The mall is a fossil of an industry in decline; many of its stores are closed, and to make matters worse, there is a rampant shoplifting problem. The murderous Russian mobster who owns the place has decided it takes a thief to catch a thief and hires Junior—under threat—to solve the shoplifting problem for him. But Junior’s surveillance operation doesn’t go well: as Christmas Eve approaches, two people are dead and it’s obvious that shoplifting is the least of the mall’s problems. To prevent further deaths, possibly including his own, Junior must confront his dread of Christmas—both present and past.
How To¿Understand the Mystery of Suffering, Feel Joy While Suffering, Make a Difference Wherever, Forever¿to You, My Love
Author: Mary Burns
Publisher: Mary Faith Holzer
ISBN: 1604743832
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
My book does answer the questions on the cover about how to understand the mystery of suffering, how to feel joy while suffering, and how to make a difference wherever, forever. My spiritual director told me to write a journal. That journal has become, over several years, this book. In this book, I spread my life out to you and the world and say things about myself that I have not told even my best friends. My friend of forty-three years does not know some of what is in here.
Publisher: Mary Faith Holzer
ISBN: 1604743832
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
My book does answer the questions on the cover about how to understand the mystery of suffering, how to feel joy while suffering, and how to make a difference wherever, forever. My spiritual director told me to write a journal. That journal has become, over several years, this book. In this book, I spread my life out to you and the world and say things about myself that I have not told even my best friends. My friend of forty-three years does not know some of what is in here.